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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tulane getting huffy and punishing so many other students from this high school is childish and unethical.

Not that Tulane interests me, but now we have one less reason to consider it.[/quote]

Tulane didn't do this to the junior class, the high school counselor did. The Junior class should demand that person be fired and that the school withhold the offending students' transcripts. Then maybe Tulane will be able to trust the school, take the school and its students at their word, and change course. No college wants to admit unethical people and if you are coming from an unethical high school, its a huge red flag.[/quote]

I'm not sure why people are blaming Tulane for enforcing its rules. At least they're being transparent about it.  What's the point of binding ED if the students are just going to take the advantage of being admitted ED while also going to the best school/taking the best offer they get (the reason most kids don't apply ED in the first place).[/quote]

Let me make this clear. If by chance it was the student who was in the wrong then punish the student, not the innocent ones who had nothing to do with this! Disgusting move by Tulane. [/quote]

If the student wasn't in "the wrong," the private school can clearly contest its ban.  But since the Colorado Academy guidance counselor was asking other guidance counselors "how to deal with this" rather than saying that Tulane's assertions were false, it doesn't appear to be the case.

I don't know how you suggest Tulane "punish the student."  Clearly the action Tulane is able to take that's within its powers as a university is to ban other kids from that school from doing ED for one year.  You can suggest others, but I would suggest the university has thought more about this than you have.  And as others have said upthread, these private school kids can still apply EA or RD if they want.[/quote]

This seems the appropriate punishment as the school counselor was a signatory to the agreement, and facilitated the kid breaking it by providing transcript, etc .. .  to the college the kid is attending.  It’s impossible for Tulane to punish the kid directly.[/quote]

A transcript though is an educational record that belongs to the student. A school counselor can’t legally withhold it. [/quote]

Sure they can.  Rules are once you apply ED and get accepted, they can only send things to the ED school, unless you provide proof that you legally/ethically backed out.  All the kid needed to do in the Tulane example was provide a reason to Tulane-- state "family financials have changed", but basically let them know.  Not doing anything is wrong.  [/quote]

The fact that the record belongs to the student is still the core point. The student doesn’t forfeit ownership based on any college or third party agreement. The counselor has no ownership of the record.[/quote]

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